Barrel-storing warehouse



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R. STEWART.

BARREL STORING WAREHOUSE.

No. 268,748. Patented Dec. 5, 1882.

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R. STEWART. BARREL STORING WAREHOUSE.

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BARREL s'ronme WAREHOUSE. N0.268',748. Patented Dec. 5, 1882..

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which is to all intents and section ofthe same.

'the city of Baltimore,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT STEWART, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BARREL-STORING WAREHOUSE. i

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,748,

Application filed May 8, 1882. (No model.)

dated December 5, 1882,

system of racks, inclosed or covered by a practicall y weather-proof casin g, in which filled barrels of whisky may be easily stored in bond during the time required for the aging of the liquor; and it consists in a frame structure, purposes a number of racks tied together so as to be self-supportin g, upon which barrels may be placed and isolated in tiers, one above the other, with passage-ways to facilitate the nation of every barrel, and a well provided with an elevator for raising the barrels to the difl'erent tiers of racks, and with other devices to admit of the manipulation of the barrels in themacking operation, the Whole being inclosed by a casing and a roof sustained by the supports of the rack.

In the further description of the invention which follows reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in WhiG]1 H Figure I is a transverse proved structure.

section of the im- Fig. II is a longitudinal Fig. III is an enlarged the invention. Fig. IV is a section of the invention corresponding with Fig. I, exceptthat it is taken through the elevator-well. Fig. V is a horizontal section of a part of the structure, showing the position of the elevator-well with reference to the racks.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

A A are posts, which for rigidity and convenience in attaching them to other parts of the structure are preferably madedoublethat is to say, of two scantlings with a space between them.

B B are the barrel-racks, supported from the top view of a part of upright posts A by means of longitudinallyextendingjoists G. The racks are each composed of two pieces of timber, a, separated sufficiently to allow the barrels to be rolled thereon, and an end piece, I), which prevents the bar- (See Fig. III.) The racks are rels rolling ofi".

placing and exami-,

preferably placed in pairs, as shown in Figs. II and III, with a passage-way, D, between them, and the barrels are arranged with their stamped ends next to the said passage-way, in order that the inspector or person in charge may examine them at pleasure. A central al- Icy-way, E, extends throughout the whole length of the building, and the racks in each third section in height project to nearthe center of the said alley-way, a space, 0, being left between them for a hosting chain or rope; but

the space is not wide enough to allow a barrel to fall through. By this means the building is divided into a series of stories, and each story has a capacity of three tiers of barrels in height. At one or both ends of is an elevator-well, which leads from'the ground to the roof, through which barrels are hoisted to the upper stories and placed on the lower tier of racks, which come nearly together centrally of the alley-way, as before described.

The elevator-well and hoistingplatform, Which are G, are shown in Figs. IVand V, and it will be seen that the central alley-way, E, connects directly with the said well.

A small hoisting-machine, H, on a wheeled truck may be moved along a platform in the upperstory forhoisting the barrels to the racks.

It will be seen that each story. is provided with boards 62 to be used as a footway and a landing-place for barrels.

When a barrel is to be placed on the rack it is elevated slightly above the rack and a skid, c, placed between the ends of the rack, as shown in Fig. I. The barrel is then lowered to the skid, and after being turned is rolled to its place.

Thestructure,asdescribed,ismerelyaframework of barrel-racks tied together, so as to be self-supportin g, and to protect its contents from the weather it is cased exteriorly and roofed. The oasin g and roof are respectively designated byI and K.

It will be understood that my invention con- I sists not in a building having racks secured therein, but a frame-work of racks properly tied together and self-sustaining, roofed and weather-boarded to protect its contents, the casing and the root not being depended on to sustain in any manner the interior frame-work,

the building" respectively represented by F and but used merely to protect the contained barrels from the action of the Weather, as before stated.

In the aging of whisky it is necessary in the winter months to retain the liquor at a much higher temperature than that of the outer air. I therefore have a system of steam-pipes in the lower part of the building, and make the outer casing or weather-boarding a poor conductor of heat by inserting paper or other nonheat-conducting substance between the said casing and the frame-work of the racks.

I do not claim broadly a Warehouse in which the floors are constructed as barrel-racks nor a system of barrel-racks combined with and formin g a part of a warehouse, the two structures being dependent upon each other for support; but

What I do claim is- A structure for supporting and storing bar- 20 rels, which consists in a system of barrel-racks connected and tied together to be self-sustaining, the said racks having passage-ways to facilitate inspection of the stored barrels, an

alley-way to admit of the transfer of barrels in 25 front of the racks, and an elevator-well through which barrels may be hoisted to any height within the structure, the'whole being inclosed by a casing and roof sustained by the supports of the racks, substantially as specified.

ROBERT STEWART.

Witnesses:

WM. 1. HOWARD, En. J. Dream 

